Yesterday I took the day off from work to have a root canal done. As I was sitting in the chair thinking obscene thoughts about the hygienist my dentist interrupted mt pornographic reverie by asking me if I was in any pain. In retrospect, probably a good thing.
Anyway, as I enjoyed the sound of the drill and the feeling of decayed tooth ricocheting around in my mouth, I thought to myself how many times have people jokingly said ' I'd rather have a root canal' as an option to something unpleasant?
Yesterday I had that option. At 8:00 AM I was on my way to the dentist for a root canal and figuring I was punishing myself enough, I flipped on Felons Forum on WRKO.
It was like getting that really sharp hook the dentist uses to probe where it hurts even though you've already told him. I know I literally winced while I was driving.
Lets review and we'll tally up at the end:
Pinch of Novocaine needle in my gums or listen to Felon Finnerian?
I'll take the needle
Unyielding whine of the drill chipping away the decay on my tooth or Felon Finnerian?
I'll take the drill
Jerking mouth wrenching feeling of the tool that pulls out the pulp of my dead nerve of Felon Finnerian?
I'll take the nerve extraction without Novocaine please
Throbbing pain of the Novocaine wearing off and the evidence of the abuse my oral cavity has taken shown by the swelling of my gums or Felon Finnerian?
Bring on the pain
Soothing drowsiness and finally sleep of 2 vicadin or Felon Finnerian?
I think without the vicadin I'd have been asleep listening to the colossal bore that is Finnerian anyway.
OK, so lets sum up- Root canal or Finnerian?
Root canal by a landslide!!!!
And here's the tragedy of all this folks: Its true. All kidding aside, I actually had a better experience than the survey delivers. My dentist is great, the hygienist is a knockout and the vicadin part is true. I had a great root canal experience. But when the pain is gone and my tooth is fixed, Finnerian will still be un- listenable.
So there you go. I would actually rather have a root canal than listen to that sanctimonious monotone pantload Tom Finnerian.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Air Deval
Yesterday and this morning I read and listened to the Rodney Allen Ripney of Massachusetts politics' stance on the use of the state Police helicopter to attend a funeral and the swearing in of Joe Denucci. In all honesty after the original disgust and comparison to figurehead Governor Jane Swift passed, I guess in the gran scheme of things its not such a big deal. Don't get me wrong, I was initially PO'd and in the heat of the moment posted a nasty response on www.DevalPatrickWatch.com. In retrospect I guess if i want the leader of the State to do an important job, maybe its not such a big deal.
Then I started listening to the audio clips of his explanation. Now I've heard a lot of the puff pieces ( his podcasts are as fluffy as a roll of Cottennelle toilet tissue) and the arrogance came through loud and clear. It was there. The "How dare you" tone. The "I know better than you and don't think to question me" tone. The tone that gave away the true measure of the man.
And I didn't like it. It reminded me of those movies where the sweet little girl is possessed and for just a second her eyes turned green and you saw the demon within. I saw it when he interviewed with John Keller too.
It also says " I won't forget this" it says " I'm as big a politico as there is " And unfortunately it also says" business as usual".
Am I reading too much into this? I don't think so. Taken in context with everything Duval has done, or hasn't done for that matter, I think this episode just served to expand the chasm between the doe eyed hopefuls that latched themselves to his wagon hoping for more inclusion, hoping for more transparency, hoping that he wasn't an empty suit when they walked into the ballot booth.
Where are his followers, his supporters, the 'WE' in Yes We Can? I don't hear as much from them anymore. Not even the 'lets give him a chance' folks. Is there a level of dissapointment growing at the grass roots? I can't believe that all of these people are satisfied with the product Duval is delivering?
And taxes. I'm hearing more and more about them. In my hometown, they're floating a prop 2 1/2 override out again. Already threatening to cut policemen firemen & schoolteachers. I guess I have a problem with this since if we had enough moneylast year and we budget for growth, why don't we have enough money this year? What are my property taxes going to? betterments and easements and so on all moving to the town coffers and they keep asking for more. I don't have it to give.
3 more weeks until Rodney Allen Ripney floats his budget. I can't wait to see where he cuts. Do you really think he got good imput from the departments asked to trim budgets? Of course not. If your livleyhood is based upon how much you allegedly produce, how are you going to tell your boss you're not at bare bones. I'll take action on the fact that the reason these cuts were not released to CLT is because they were laughable.
God help us all, I could type till my fingers fall off.
Then I started listening to the audio clips of his explanation. Now I've heard a lot of the puff pieces ( his podcasts are as fluffy as a roll of Cottennelle toilet tissue) and the arrogance came through loud and clear. It was there. The "How dare you" tone. The "I know better than you and don't think to question me" tone. The tone that gave away the true measure of the man.
And I didn't like it. It reminded me of those movies where the sweet little girl is possessed and for just a second her eyes turned green and you saw the demon within. I saw it when he interviewed with John Keller too.
It also says " I won't forget this" it says " I'm as big a politico as there is " And unfortunately it also says" business as usual".
Am I reading too much into this? I don't think so. Taken in context with everything Duval has done, or hasn't done for that matter, I think this episode just served to expand the chasm between the doe eyed hopefuls that latched themselves to his wagon hoping for more inclusion, hoping for more transparency, hoping that he wasn't an empty suit when they walked into the ballot booth.
Where are his followers, his supporters, the 'WE' in Yes We Can? I don't hear as much from them anymore. Not even the 'lets give him a chance' folks. Is there a level of dissapointment growing at the grass roots? I can't believe that all of these people are satisfied with the product Duval is delivering?
And taxes. I'm hearing more and more about them. In my hometown, they're floating a prop 2 1/2 override out again. Already threatening to cut policemen firemen & schoolteachers. I guess I have a problem with this since if we had enough moneylast year and we budget for growth, why don't we have enough money this year? What are my property taxes going to? betterments and easements and so on all moving to the town coffers and they keep asking for more. I don't have it to give.
3 more weeks until Rodney Allen Ripney floats his budget. I can't wait to see where he cuts. Do you really think he got good imput from the departments asked to trim budgets? Of course not. If your livleyhood is based upon how much you allegedly produce, how are you going to tell your boss you're not at bare bones. I'll take action on the fact that the reason these cuts were not released to CLT is because they were laughable.
God help us all, I could type till my fingers fall off.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
WRKO God help them all
I've been a pretty loyal RKO listener for about 20 years. My college job was as a security guard from 3-11 pm and it was Jerry Williams all afternoon. I'd probably be right in saying it helped me form my conservative views I have today.
Things are changing in Massachussetts and not for the better. Our new democratic Governer has pretty much flipped thepopulace the bird and is already running rampant in terms of changing CORI laws, not allowing State Police the power to stop illegal immigrants, reversing funding cuts to pork programs and preparing the public for tax increases because of a looming budget deficit. He's populated his cabinet with union hacks as well as sychophants and yes men. And with the houses controlled by the Democrats, the Republican voice has been dangerously quelled.
Now, in what can only be described as a disgracefuls slap in the face to loyal RKO listeners, Julie Kahn has plopped Tom Finnerian, legendary hack and disgraced convicted felon in the morning drive time.
I commute for a while and I can't deal with the mind numbing chatter of FM radio. I like to think I'm smarter than the average bear and need to feed my mind and keep up with current events.
But Finnerians show is just a mutual masturbation session. He jerks off the Governor, and we're left with our dicks in our hands.
Things are changing in Massachussetts and not for the better. Our new democratic Governer has pretty much flipped thepopulace the bird and is already running rampant in terms of changing CORI laws, not allowing State Police the power to stop illegal immigrants, reversing funding cuts to pork programs and preparing the public for tax increases because of a looming budget deficit. He's populated his cabinet with union hacks as well as sychophants and yes men. And with the houses controlled by the Democrats, the Republican voice has been dangerously quelled.
Now, in what can only be described as a disgracefuls slap in the face to loyal RKO listeners, Julie Kahn has plopped Tom Finnerian, legendary hack and disgraced convicted felon in the morning drive time.
I commute for a while and I can't deal with the mind numbing chatter of FM radio. I like to think I'm smarter than the average bear and need to feed my mind and keep up with current events.
But Finnerians show is just a mutual masturbation session. He jerks off the Governor, and we're left with our dicks in our hands.
Monday, February 12, 2007
The Massachusetts Miracle
The miracle in Massachusetts is that people still choose to live here. I've been looking at houses recently, although why I don't know. My current town taxes just went up 200.00 a month due to 'betterment's' assessed to my house. But, because I'm one of the few people under that age of 70 who have more equity than mortgage on my house, we're thinking of downsizing.
So I ask myself, why not just use this opportunity to get out? sometimes I liken being a Massachusetts resident to being a beaten wife. Now I'm not belittling abused wives in any way shape or form. But I used to spend some time in court. And when the husband would come up to be arraigned, 8 out of 10 times the wife would stand up and say it was a mistake or a misunderstanding or she wanted to drop the charges. We've all seen the Lifetime movies. When she gets home, the beatings just start all over again.
That's what I feel like, and I see an opening here, an opportunity to get away from the beatings. The beatings I take as a middle class white 40 year old homeowner , father, husband, breadwinner, soccer coach, cub scout leader, employee citizen of the Commonwealth, none of the wealth of which I am getting.
which leads me to our new Governor, the Rodney Allen Ripney of Massachusetts politics. I know no one wins when you say I TOLD YOU SO. I've learned that from 100 years of marriage. But Jesus, God it needs to be said. problem is no one's listening. Not senator, not my Congressman, no one. No one has the common sense God gave a gnat in this state.
Rodney Allen wants to narrow CORI requirements. I am a Cub Scout Pack Leader. I've run Cub Scout Camp programs with 200 1st through 5th graders running around 100 acres of woods. I've witnessed parents that are so willing to drop their children in the care of strangers and jet to work that they spill their coffee in their own laps when the lean over to shove their kids out of the car. Now Rodney Allen wants to narrow CORI focuses. What is he thinking? And how can anyone back him on this? http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/02/12/patrick_seeks_to_limit_background_checks/?page=full
How can we protect our children and the children in our charge if this ' forward thinking' dolt is allowed to wreak havoc and let sex offenders walk our streets in the name of rehabilitation. Another R word that Rodney Allen needs to think about is RECIDIVISM. I don't want any of those freaks anywhere near my kids. Its bad enough they're back on the street to begin with, but now to not be able to know that they're predators?
According to this moron's version, only things that criminals are convicted of will show up? That's nice. based on how full the courts are and how criminals plead down, how does that help the guy who doesn't want his daughter working next to a pervert at the mall if he wasn't convicted due to a technicality?
Anyway, as the bitch in this relationship, I think I'm about to get another beating.....
So I ask myself, why not just use this opportunity to get out? sometimes I liken being a Massachusetts resident to being a beaten wife. Now I'm not belittling abused wives in any way shape or form. But I used to spend some time in court. And when the husband would come up to be arraigned, 8 out of 10 times the wife would stand up and say it was a mistake or a misunderstanding or she wanted to drop the charges. We've all seen the Lifetime movies. When she gets home, the beatings just start all over again.
That's what I feel like, and I see an opening here, an opportunity to get away from the beatings. The beatings I take as a middle class white 40 year old homeowner , father, husband, breadwinner, soccer coach, cub scout leader, employee citizen of the Commonwealth, none of the wealth of which I am getting.
which leads me to our new Governor, the Rodney Allen Ripney of Massachusetts politics. I know no one wins when you say I TOLD YOU SO. I've learned that from 100 years of marriage. But Jesus, God it needs to be said. problem is no one's listening. Not senator, not my Congressman, no one. No one has the common sense God gave a gnat in this state.
Rodney Allen wants to narrow CORI requirements. I am a Cub Scout Pack Leader. I've run Cub Scout Camp programs with 200 1st through 5th graders running around 100 acres of woods. I've witnessed parents that are so willing to drop their children in the care of strangers and jet to work that they spill their coffee in their own laps when the lean over to shove their kids out of the car. Now Rodney Allen wants to narrow CORI focuses. What is he thinking? And how can anyone back him on this? http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/02/12/patrick_seeks_to_limit_background_checks/?page=full
How can we protect our children and the children in our charge if this ' forward thinking' dolt is allowed to wreak havoc and let sex offenders walk our streets in the name of rehabilitation. Another R word that Rodney Allen needs to think about is RECIDIVISM. I don't want any of those freaks anywhere near my kids. Its bad enough they're back on the street to begin with, but now to not be able to know that they're predators?
According to this moron's version, only things that criminals are convicted of will show up? That's nice. based on how full the courts are and how criminals plead down, how does that help the guy who doesn't want his daughter working next to a pervert at the mall if he wasn't convicted due to a technicality?
Anyway, as the bitch in this relationship, I think I'm about to get another beating.....
Monday, January 8, 2007
How did I end up on the right?
I admit that while a registered independent I staunchly vote Republican. I was raised in the suburbs south of Boston in a pro union home where my father was the primary breadwinner and worked for the IUEC all of his life. Admittedly they took very good care of thier members and while we never had a lot of money, we had everything we needed.
As I grew up and got a better perspective of the world- (read : started earning my own money)
I seemed to move further & further to the right. Not because of spite or hatefulness or avarice. I don't really have a lot of greed in my soul. I simpy got tired of learning about all the things people were doing with my money.
Excise tax, state tax, federal tax, Railroad tax, FICA, Social Security. Even young and living at home, I started to realize what a bite these thighs were taking out of my small paychecks while I worked part time and went to high school & college.
My problem was that I started paying attention. I read the papers and asked questions. I got involved in and followed politics. And every time I took a step that gained me more knowledge, I learned something more distateful.
Welfare cheats, Social Security Disability, Food Stamp Fraud, unemployment scams, and as I get older its even ore distasteful. Immigration cheats, housing scams, SSN & identity theft.
All of it on my dime.
It needs to stop. I don't know how nor do I delude myself that it can be stopped. But something... anything is better than nothing.
In the words of the famous Dr Marvin Monroe- baby steps.
Now, for those of you who follow the Massachusetts miracle- stand by. I feel someone pushing me forward into a bent over position. His name is Deval. And there's not going to be any love in whats next.
As I grew up and got a better perspective of the world- (read : started earning my own money)
I seemed to move further & further to the right. Not because of spite or hatefulness or avarice. I don't really have a lot of greed in my soul. I simpy got tired of learning about all the things people were doing with my money.
Excise tax, state tax, federal tax, Railroad tax, FICA, Social Security. Even young and living at home, I started to realize what a bite these thighs were taking out of my small paychecks while I worked part time and went to high school & college.
My problem was that I started paying attention. I read the papers and asked questions. I got involved in and followed politics. And every time I took a step that gained me more knowledge, I learned something more distateful.
Welfare cheats, Social Security Disability, Food Stamp Fraud, unemployment scams, and as I get older its even ore distasteful. Immigration cheats, housing scams, SSN & identity theft.
All of it on my dime.
It needs to stop. I don't know how nor do I delude myself that it can be stopped. But something... anything is better than nothing.
In the words of the famous Dr Marvin Monroe- baby steps.
Now, for those of you who follow the Massachusetts miracle- stand by. I feel someone pushing me forward into a bent over position. His name is Deval. And there's not going to be any love in whats next.
Friday, January 5, 2007
Big Bish's 1st Blog
Well well well well well.
Who'd have thought that i thought enough of myself to decide that my ramblings, thoughts, positions on the world, politics, women and wisdom in general merited a blog.
I obviously never though quite enough of myself.
Those times have changed cupcakes of the Internet. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Who'd have thought that i thought enough of myself to decide that my ramblings, thoughts, positions on the world, politics, women and wisdom in general merited a blog.
I obviously never though quite enough of myself.
Those times have changed cupcakes of the Internet. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
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